Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi (also known as Sahbān al-Hind; 1888 – 4 December 1959) was an Indian Muslim scholar and freedom struggle activist who served as the first general secretary and the fifth president of

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind or Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind ( ) is one of the leading organizations of Islamic scholars belonging to the Deobandi school of thought in India. It was founded in November 1919 by a group of Muslim scholars including Abdul Bari Fir ...

. He also served as the third rector of

Madrasa Aminia Madrasa Aminia Islamia Arabia (best known as Madrasa Aminia) is an Islamic seminary in Delhi. History Amin al-Din Dehlawi, an Islamic scholar who was a student of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, developed an idea of establishing a madrasa in Delhi. He ...

and authored books such as ''Fear of Hell'' and ''Key to the Garden of Bliss''.

Biography

Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi in 1888 in

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, Delhi. He received his primary education from Abdul Majeed Mustafabadi and Muhammad Yasin Sikandarabadi, and memorized the

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at Madrasa Hussainia in

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. He entered

in 1328 AH and graduated in 1336 AH. His teachers included Kifayatullah Dehlawi. Saeed participated in the

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and was imprisoned eight times. He was arrested in 1921 and jailed in the Central Jail Mianwali for one year. He was arrested for the last time in 1942 and imprisoned in the jails of

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and

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. He was among the founders of the

(JUH) and was appointed the interim secretary in the meeting of inception in November 1919. Saeed was appointed the first general secretary of the JUH in November 1920, a position he served for twenty years. He served as the vice-president of the JUH for seventeen years from 1940 to 1957. He taught at the Madrasa Aminia and was appointed its rector in 1953 following the death of Kifayatullah Dehlawi. He served as the president of the JUH for two years from 1957 until his death on 4 December 1959 in Delhi. Saeed was seen as an influential speaker. He was known as Sahbān al-Hind.

Legacy

In September 2019, JUH organized a two-days seminar on the life and works of Saeed. It was attended by scholars and poets including Akhtarul Wasey, Gulzar Dehlvi and Usman Mansoorpuri.

Literary works

Saeed wrote ''Kashf-ur-Rahman'', an

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of the

, in

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, in two volumes. His other works include: * ''Dozakh ka khatka'' (''Fear of Hell'') * ''Jannat ki Kunji'' (''Key to the Garden of Bliss'') * ''Jannat ki Zamānat'' * ''Khuda ki baatein'' * ''Rasūlullāh ke tīn sau mo'jizāt'' (''Three Hundred Miracles of

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'') * ''Shaukat Āra Begum''

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* * * {{Authority control 1888 births 1959 deaths Scholars from Delhi Madrasa Aminia alumni Founders of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Presidents of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Indian independence activists Interpreters Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Deobandis Members of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Deoband

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